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T. 0. THOMPSON.

FAUGETI APPLIOATION FILED JULY 2a. 1908.

Patented N0v.'23,1909.

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THOMAS OLIVER THOMPSON, OF ZACAPA, GUATEMALA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23; 1909.

Application filed July 25, 1908. Serial No. 445,374.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS O. THOMP- SON, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Zacapa, in Guatemala, Central America,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Faucets, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of my invention is to provide novel details of constructionfor a faucet, which adapt it for a secure but removable attachmentthereof upon the side wall of a plate metal receptacle, for a removal ofthe contents of said receptacle from time to time as occasion mayrequire.

A further object of the invention is to provide means carried by thefaucet, for enabling the formation of a suitable opening in the sidewall of a plate metal can, for the connection of the improved faucettherewith.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts, as is hereinafter described and defined in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a sectional side view of the lower portion of an oil can,and a partly sectional side view of the improved faucet, showing noveldetails thereof that secure the faucet liquid-tight on the can; Fig. 2is a vertical transverse sectional view substantially on the line 2-2 inFig. 1, seen in the direction of the arrows in said view; Fig. 3 is avertical transverse sectional view, substantially on the line 3-3 inFig. 1; Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a can body, and alike view of a split threaded nipple and rubber washer thereon, whichare details of the invention; Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view of ahalf section of the improved nipple, and of an integral laterallyprojected clamping flange thereon; and Fig. 6 is a sectional side viewof a portion of an oil can, and a side View of the improved faucet,showing the application of an integral punch carried by the dischargenozzle of the faucet, for forming a suitable aperture in the can toreceive the faucet securing means.

Usually shipping cans for the transport of refined coal oil, are liableto leak where a means for the removal of the liquid contents of the canis placed thereon, and it has been found that for safety and economy, itis advantageous to seal the filled cans permanently, and let the retaildealer or a person who purchases an original package of the refined oil,provide an attachable faucet for the safe removal of the liquid contentsas may be desired.

The improvement which will be described, affords means for properlypuncturing a wall of a can, and a novel securing device that will clampthe receiving end of a faucet liquid-tight over the puncture, in asocure and durable manner, which will also permit the easy removal andre-use of the faucet when the can has been emptied.

In the drawings, 10 indicates an oil can of rectangular form, such as isgenerally used in the packing of refined coal oil for transportation,this shape of the can economizing space when a number of the cans areboxed for shipment.

The body 11 of the faucet is as usual formed to receive a plug valve 12,shown by full and dotted lines in Fig. 1, the forward portion or nozzle11 of the body, being bent downward for discharging liquid therefrom.Rearward of the plug valve 12, the body of the faucet is diametricallyenlarged and rendered cylindrical, as shown at 11 and terminates in aradial flange a. The longitudinal axial passage that is formed in thevalve body 11, is counter-bored at the rear end thereof, and thedefining wall of this enlarged bore 6 is threaded for the reception ofthe improved securing means, which is constructed as follows: Anexteriorlythreaded nipple, formed in two similar sections 13, is sorelatively proportioned in diameter as to fit closely in the counterboreb of the enlarged end 11 when screwed therein. Upon the correspondingends of the sections 13, a flange 14 is formed on each section, andprojects at a right angle from the convex side thereof, as is clearlyshown for one section in Fig. 5, and it will be noted in Fig. 1 that ashort neck (Z is formed on each section 13 at its junction with thelaterally bent flange 14. On the nozzle portion 11 of the faucet body11, a short square punch 11 is formed, which projects from the convexsurface of the bend on the nozzle, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6, said punchhaving a pyramidal formation 0 on its free end.

In service, there is an aperture 6 formed in the side or end wall 10 ofa can body 10, near the bottom thereof, by driving the pointed end 0 ofthe punch 11 into said wall at a selected point, and then forcing thebody of the punch thereinto, as represented in Fig. 6.

It will be noted that when the aperture 6 is finished and the punchremoved, the circular aperture will have divergent wings 6, formed onthe inwardly-extended portions of the sheet metal displaced by thepunch, and said flanges or wing will curve away from each other, due tothe action of the pyramidal portion of the punch.

The diameter of the punch body is so proportioned, that the apertureformed by it will permit the successive insertion of the flanges 1%therethrough into the can body in opposite directions, and as indicatedin Fig. l, the necks (Z afford space for the reception of a heavy rubberjoint washer 15 between the rear face of the radial flange a and thesurface of the side wall of the can.

The threaded surfaces on the nipple sections 13 are now pressed towardeach other, so as to cause their flat sides to have contact with eachother, which will permit the faucet body to receive the nipple in itsthreaded counterbore. The faucet body is now rotated, so as to screw theflange a forcibly against the washer or joint ring 15, which will pullthe flanges 1% against the bent wings e and flatten the latter upon theinner side of the can wall.

It will be seen that when the faucet body lias been screwed suflicientlytoward the joint ring or washer 15 for a proper compression of thelatter, the faucet will be secured liquid-tight upon the can body, andafford means for the removal of liquid contents therefrom.

Obviously, the faucet by a reversed rotatable movement of its body, maybe removed from the can when the latter is empty, and may be re-usedseveral times if the plug valve remains liquid-tight.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

A faucet comprising a body having its one end internally threaded andprovided with an external lateral annular flange, a sectional nipplehaving a threaded portion for engaging the internal threads of the bodyand laterally extending clamping fingers, said nipple having a reducedneck forming a shoulder between the neck and the threaded portion, apacking ring encircling the neck and resting against the shoulder andthe "flange of the body, and a punch on the faucet whose diameter isequal to the diameter of the neck of the nipple and adapted for makingan opening in the container for receiving the nipple.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS OLIVER THOMPSON.

Witnesses WVILLIAM OWEN, F. Bo'rrn.

